as in party
a group of people acting together within a larger group
several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area
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Recent Examples of faction
Yet support for other political factions, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, was even lower.
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Scott Atran, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
The potential for cuts could disrupt the Farm Bill negotiations and lead to political gridlock, with Republican and Democratic factions holding divergent views.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The Syrian army is still being cobbled from various armed factions and is still a work in progress.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
Where Brits feel like suspicious maniacs—one of the most rewarding things about UK Traits is seeing relatively clever people so certain in their wrongness—Americans are lambs to the slaughter, bound up in factions blind to internal threats.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
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Scott Atran, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
The potential for cuts could disrupt the Farm Bill negotiations and lead to political gridlock, with Republican and Democratic factions holding divergent views.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The Syrian army is still being cobbled from various armed factions and is still a work in progress.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
Where Brits feel like suspicious maniacs—one of the most rewarding things about UK Traits is seeing relatively clever people so certain in their wrongness—Americans are lambs to the slaughter, bound up in factions blind to internal threats.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faction
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Officials have long warned that staffing levels within the agencies that oversee immigration enforcement at DHS have been below what is needed, no matter which party is in the White House.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry both showed up to the Vanity Fair party, this year held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, sporting a very tightly trim fringe.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
4 Mar. 2025
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The cuts follow a similar move on the unscripted side, with around 5% of Lionsgate Alternative Television laid off in November amid an ongoing contraction in the TV business that has hit independent suppliers particularly hard.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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The belt-tightening comes a few months after layoffs on the unscripted side, as 5% of Lionsgate Alternative Television staffers were shown the door in November.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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The 28-year-old has played as a wing and center in recent games, scoring her first try – powering through two tackles and running more than half the length of the field – in her second game with the Bears.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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The gadget has the two screens extending like wings off the center piece, which hosts the Magic Bay pogo connector.—
John Burek,
PCMAG,
2 Mar. 2025
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Sunni and Shia Muslims, the two main sects of Islam, observe Ramadan.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Within these broad categories, the study finds shifts between sects of Christianity.—
Jennifer Agiesta,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Alsup handed down the order on a temporary restraining order sought by labor unions and nonprofits in a lawsuit filed by the coalition last week.—
JANIE HAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Terror is not a word used loosely by the coalition members.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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Things won't get any easier for Texas A&M on the road on Saturday night in front of what will be an excited crowd and against a very motivated Florida team.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Look, this team has been notorious this season about falling to carry over first-half momentum.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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That bloc’s opposition has meant the House needs Democratic votes for a CR.—
Richard McGahey,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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But the 26 other EU leaders approved the bloc's stance that there can be no negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine and that the Europeans must be involved in any talks involving their security.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faction. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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